Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R3426 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Constans I; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 348-350 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.18 Weight (g): 4.86 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2592. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |

|
Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing l. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with globe in r. hand. Reverse: soldier, cuirassed, with spear in l. hand leading figure out of hut under three branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONSTA NS P F AVG (our lord Constans pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: FEL · TEMP · REPAR ATIO (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: AQS· (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 103
|